October 31, 2010, 5:00AM

Voters in Jefferson County on Tuesday will elect a sheriff, a district attorney, three county commissioners and a county school board member. Of the five people who will compose the next Jefferson County Commission, two -- District 2's Sandra Little Brown and District 5's David Carrington -- were chosen in the primary elections earlier this year, since they have... Full story »

September 27, 2010, 5:43AM

How goofy is this? Jefferson County contracts with a Mississippi company to provide medical care to inmates in the county jail. When those inmates need hospital care, they are taken to the county-owned Cooper Green Mercy Hospital, with the Mississippi care provider responsible for paying Cooper Green. Except, Cooper Green says it's not being paid. So now, the county sheriff... Full story »